Resolution from No Debt Committee (Italy) in support to Bradley Manning 17 December 2011

The No Debt Committee opposes military expenditure, not only in Italy
but internationally. The USA’s military budget is over a trillion
dollars annually, more than half the budgets of all the other countries
put together. Yesterday, 16th December, was the start of the pre-hearing
considering a court martial of Bradley Manning, a gay US soldier accused
of passing to Wikileaks hundreds of thousands of files, which reveal war
crimes committed by the US in wars waged with the military and financial
support of coalitions of which Italy is part. If found guilty of ‘aiding
the enemy’, the main charge, Bradley Manning could be sentenced to life
in prison or even death. If Bradley Manning is the person who exposed
these war crimes, his action is a fundamental attack on military
expenditure on behalf of all of us, and must be supported by us.

On
17th December, Bradley Manning’s 24th birthday, the Bradley Manning
Support Network has launched an International Day of Action in Support
of Bradley Manning, with actions in Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece,
India, Iceland, UK and US (so far). Our support is even more crucial now
that the US House of Representatives voted in favour of the National
Defense Authorization Act, authorizing indefinite detention of anyone,
anywhere by the military - without charge or trial—in other words,
concentration camps: Guantánamos and Begrams everywhere where there is a
US military.

The No Debt Committee endorses the International Day of Action and sends
solidarity and support to Bradley Manning and joins his millions of
supporters worldwide.